1.
CONTEXT:
We are living in a world that tries to set rules on physical bodies and the
land by imposing imaginary “borders”
2.
CONTENT:
Addressing the context as listed above.
3.
FORM:
A cell phone app that led people crossing the border from Mexico into the US to
caches of water while also sharing poetry.
4.
STAKEHOLDERS:
The group EDT/b.a.n.g. lab, all the artists and contributors working on the project.
5.
AUDIENCE:
For people crossing the border from Mexico into the US. For everyone else who
heard about the project to raise awareness of the issue.
6.
ENGAGEMENT
STRATEGIES: The audience was engaged through the form of the cell phone app.
Others were engaged through media coverage.
7.
GOAL:
To help people crossing the border cross safely. To provide poetry to those
crossing and likely going through a stressful time. To raise awareness about
the issue and show the absurdity of the situation.
8.
VALUES:
Artists use art to disrupt the law without breaking it. What they did was not strictly
illegal but was morally questionable according to authorities, so they couldn’t
be punished.
9.
RESOURCES:
Money from UCSD. The help of countless people. The other groups which engaged
with the project to direct people to water.
10.
OUTCOMES:
The project received a lot of media attention, positive and negative, which led
to the overall awareness of the issue being heightened.
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